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Cuba has survived more than 40
years of US sanctions intended to
topple the government of Fidel Castro.
It has also defied predictions that it
would not withstand the collapse of
its main supporter, the Soviet Union.. Cracking down on a growing drug
problem in communist Cuba, a tribunal
has sentenced five people to prison terms
ranging from 25 to 30 years for cocaine
trafficking.

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Cuban President Fidel Castro
insinuated that the United States’
president was "stupid"
and a "mafioso."

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one of the poorest and most
densely populated countries
in the world two major groups of
drug traffickers human rights record
improved slightly

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Prime Minister Keith Mitchell
to release conspirators from
1983 coup which led to a
U.S. invasion of the island New tough money-laundering
law OAS: $600,000 project to
move people from coastal
areas to higher ground

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per capita annual income
of around $400 Violence against women,
societal discrimination against
women, and government
neglect and abuse of children
remain problems

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Social and cultural traditions
perpetuate violence
against women Vigilantism, involving spon-
taneous mob executions in
response to crime, continued
to be a problem

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Local bottled water industry
selling contaminated product Asbestos found in 19 schools
in rural areas Physical abuse of women
continued to be an extensive
problem

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The population of about 3.5
million includes nearly 40,000
indigenous people among 8 ethnic
groups. Most live in traditional
communities on 22 reserves which,
because of their remote location,
often lack access to schools,
health care, electricity, and
potable water

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UNICEF reports the
highest infant mortality rate
in Central America Violence against women,
including domestic violence,
remains common among all
social classes

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Violence against women
remained widespread. The Government was unable
to prevent the abuse of
street children

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There have been numerous
reports of executions carried
out by rival drug gangs In Chiapas, armed groups
harass and intimidate
rural communities The most pervasive violations
of women's rights involve
domestic and sexual violence

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President Arnoldo Aleman
under suspicion of rapidly
expanding personal wealth $454 GDP many poor children are forced
to beg by their parents

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The handover of the
Panama Canal on
December 14, 1999, sparked
a huge national celebration minimum wage ranges from
$0.77 per hour to
$1.33 per hour

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65 % of population below
poverty line Large reserves of minerals,
oil, and timber could make
it a rich country Most Amerindians and
Maroons suffer a number
of disadvantages

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There were a number of reports
of anti-Semitic vandalism,
threats, and occasional instances
of anti-Semitic violence The monthly national minimum
wage is $200 (200 pesos), which
is not sufficient to provide a
decent standard of living for
a worker and family.

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In the past twenty-five years Argentines
have had to struggle with military
dictatorship, a lost war over the
Falkland Islands, and severe economic
difficulties The legacy of military rule from 1976-
1983 is still an open wound. The fate of
many of the thousands of 'disappeared'
- opponents of the junta - is still unclear.

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Violence against women
is pervasive Discrimination against, and
abuses of, indigenous people
continued Bolivia is one of the world's largest
producers of coca, the raw
material for cocaine

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Attempt to launch satellite
with Brazilian rockets failed Investigation of drug
trafficking uncovers many
government officials
involved in organized crime Extrajudicial killings continued
to be a serious problem
throughout the country

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1,800
MILES

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Massive logging project in
Southern Chile postponed 34 percent of children under
12 years of age experience
serious physical violence

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With one exception, it has been relatively
free of the coups and arbitrary govern-
ments that have blighted the region.
This exception was the 17-year-long
dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet,
whose coup in 1973 was the bloodiest
in 20th-century Latin America and left
more than 3,000 dead and missing. Pinochet's dictatorship ended in 1990.

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200 indigenous people
marched 500 miles to
Bogota to protest a dam According to army and United
Nations estimates, there were
between 50,000 and 70,000
antipersonnel landmines located
in 15 departments (regions)

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highly stratified society
left-wing insurgents/rebels
But the lucrative returns from drugs
and kidnapping now dominate the
rebels' agenda,
At the other end of the political
spectrum are right-wing
paramilitary groups
Colombia is one of the most violent
countries in the world

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A state of emergency was
imposed and in Guayas
province remained in force
for much of the year 2000. Hundreds of people were
detained by the police and
armed forces for not carrying
their identity documents.

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Paraguay's longstanding
political crisis culminated last
March with the assassination
of Vice-President Luis María
Argaña and the killing of at
least seven demonstrators President Raúl Cubas Grau
resigned

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High population growth and forest
clearance have led to a dramatic increase
in the number of landless families.
This, in turn, has boosted migration into
urban areas, causing a rapid growth in
shanty towns. Thus, an already large
wealth gap is increasing, with an
estimated 60% of urban and 80% of
rural dwellers living below the poverty line.

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Thousands of unresolved cases
of human rights violations The fraction of the armed
opposition group Shining Path
remained active Reports of torture and ill-
treatment by the armed forces
and the police

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Despite the virtual destruction of the
Shining Path and Tupac Amaru
guerrilla groups, violence, in the form
of murders, armed robberies and gang
warfare, is still a problem, and Peru
has yet to succeed in curtailing the
production of coca.

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A special commission has
begun work in Uruguay to
investigate the fate of a hundred
-and-sixty people who
disappeared during the military
dictatorship in the
1970s and 1980s.

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The authorities failed to give
some 3,700 Colombians, who
fled from political violence
across the border into
Venezuela, access to a full
and fair asylum procedure Upsurge in violence linked to a
Colombian plan to curb the
illegal drugs trade which has
military backing from the U. S.

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bomb attacks on Spanish and Colombian
embassy buildings last week Oil Strike
virtually brought Venezuela's oil
industry to a standstill.
The oil strike cost the country $4bn
in lost exports alone, and Venezuela's
wells are still only producing between
a half and two-thirds of normal production.

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Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human
Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, February 25, 2000 Cnn.com www.amnesty.org/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/